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Table 2. Percent mortality rates for Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti larvae treated with mixture of Aspergillus clavatus (average of four replicates).
Dose (107 spores/ml)
Species 4.3 8.5 13 17 21 control
Culex quinquefasciatus 10.6 ± 0.5 46.3± 0.8 42.4 ± 0.4 65 ± 0.2 68 ± 0.6 0.5 ±0.0
Aedes aegypti 36.7 ±0.9 75.5± 0.4 95.9 ± 0.1 100 ± 0.0 100 ± 0.1 1± 0.1

Each value represent mean of four replicates and ± SE.

Statistical analysis with t test shows that the difference in mortality between Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae was highly significant ( p = 0.001).

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